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Geneva Fishing Reports

By: pinkpole
Posted: 4/26/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
First time I have ever caught fish here. Fished from the dock. Saw quite a few fish caught and some of the big ones planted. Garlic power bait off the bottom was key. Watched an eagle catch his lu...
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Posted: 8/11/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/10/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Got up early to fish Lake Geneva, getting out onto the water at 5:20am, about 40 minutes before sunrise. I was primarily hoping to find some Rainbows, but also figured I would try for bass too. I fish...
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By: aindrei
Posted: 5/18/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 7 tp 10 am. It was overcast and after a while became windy but not unfishable. I did 2 rods most of the time with power eggs (pink and green). I got 3 on the shore, one triploid of 1.5l...
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Posted: 9/27/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing this lake around 7am Sat morning. Lanched from the public boat lanch. Lake is really shallow so be very careful. The lake was really quiet as expected. I did see an older couple fishin...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/30/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/28/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Let me start off by saying something good is happening with the perch population.On Sat I probably caught 100 yellow perch with 16 being in excess of 12 inches,there were a lot of dinks.The only ot...
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Posted: 7/9/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Tried for bass no hits but caught a rock bass on a pearl jig and worm and bobber.
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By: Gwendylyn
Posted: 7/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
No fish today. I think it was more to do with the 12,000 screaming teenagers than anything else.
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By: arrow1300
Posted: 7/5/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
After work grabbed my pole and vest made my way to Lake Geneva. Having fished the lake before, I knew there were large bass there. well on the 2nd cast with a Yamamoto creature watermelon on a jig , B...
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By: Pigfishin
Posted: 6/3/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Geneva again today...not much was working again except Senko's. I had 4 bites all day. I missed 2 and caught 2. One was only about a pound or so. The other is the one you see here. Measured a...
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By: Pigfishin
Posted: 5/25/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
5.2 lbs and 20" long. Not bad for Geneva. Didn't have a bite all day after this pig.
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By: gfakkema
Posted: 5/16/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Decent day, sun was shining, but it was a bit gusty at times. Made it tough to troll at times. Fished for about 4 hours, limited out but fishing was very slow at times. Got a decent trout, just shy of...
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By: Bo
Posted: 5/12/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/12/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Well, fishing to me is starting to slow in Geneva. Lots of folks out today. I woke up at 6:30 this am and thought, what the heck, I can be out on the lake by 7 if I get moving... So I went. Mom and Da...
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By: gfakkema
Posted: 5/9/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, geneva has been blowing up the last few days. I have been catching fish from the first 5 mins to the last 5 mins. Have been catching and releasing for hours, waiting for a monster. Caught and rel...
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By: Bo
Posted: 5/9/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/9/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Fished off the shore this am with my 2 boys for about an hour. Tried several types of bait, before they had to go to school. No bites for us. A guy fishing next to us got a couple, he was really nice,...
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By: Bo
Posted: 5/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/8/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Fishing is still good at Geneva. People were trolling mostly, which is what I started out doing too. There were also guys casting for Bass, they seemed to be enjoying their fishing too. Anyways, troll...
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By: Bo
Posted: 5/4/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/4/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Wedding rings were the ticket for me today at Geneva. The trout here are nice sized too. Most of the other folks were anchored, the wind was pushing us all over the lake. I was in my canoe again, it w...
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Posted: 9/10/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fish were active but didn't seem interested in biting. Two small small mouth to show for a mornings fishing. Will try spoons next to see if I have better luck. Nice weather and had a good time so it w...
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Posted: 5/7/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the lake about 4pm fished until 6pm. C&R about 6-8 and missed a few more. Most of the fish were still in the shallow areas within 10-12' or less. Used a dark green crystal flash bugger with bla...
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By: pika206
Posted: 7/6/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Spotted some bass from shore in the shallows, threw plastics and nightcrawlers right on top of them but no response, guess they weren't hungry or they could see me and were having a good laugh. But ...
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By: eddieg1
Posted: 7/1/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first time fishing this lake. I started fishing in a clockwise direction fishing the lillys and people's docks. I started using my favorite 3" black senko and caught a couple fish. I tried...
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By: Coos King
Posted: 5/30/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Goot out to the lake at 7:00. Had a few bites, but nothing notable in approximately 3 hours. I have heard stories of great success at this lake in terms of rainbows, but we didn't experience it tod...
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Posted: 4/28/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the lake around 5pm and fished til dusk. Got my limit, but it took a while to find where the fish were holding. All little stockers, nothing big. Lots of Russian guys fishing these local area l...
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Posted: 7/19/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a nice cut the other day here at noon so i decided to hit it up about 5:30 am today. Was on my float tube and casting out 25-35 feet with a threaded crawler on a 2ft leader on snap swivel and ...
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Posted: 7/17/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water about noon on the money. kicked out to the far right in my float tube, at the elbow of the lake at 12:10 had a nice 18" rainbow about an even pound, landed no problem, 12:40 another just...
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By: Dustin07
Posted: 7/11/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Aaron mentioned Geneva to me and after reading the reports I had to go. Caught this guy on a spinner around 6;45-7am. caught another one a little smaller on a senko with bullet weight. What i have not...
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